Printer s press-point



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.J. W. MEESE.

PRINTERS PRESS POINT. No. 401,195. Patented Apr. 9, 1889.

UNITED STATES PATENT rrrcn,

JACOB W. MEESE, OF HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

PRINTERS PRESS-POINT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 401,195, dated April 9, 1889.

Application filed July 17, 1888.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JACOB WV. MEESE, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Harrisburg, in the county of Dauphin and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Printers Press-Points; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements 'in printers furniture, the object of the same being to provide a piece of furniture with a removable pin or presspoint for-indenting or perforating the paper to serve as a guide for printing or folding.

Heretofore it has been common practice when it was desired to provide what is technically termed a press-point, to insert in a piece of furniture an awl, and then file the awl down to the proper height. This in practice is inconvenient, and the point thus produced when worn renders the furniture useless. It is also dilficult to properly place the awl or have the point thereof at the proper height.

My improvement is designed to overcome these objections, and to provide a point which can be readily attached, and when worn can be removed and a new one inserted. I

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing my improved press-point applied to a piece of metallic furniture. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional view showing the application of my improvement to a piece of wooden furniture.

' A refers to a piece of furniture of ordinary construction, provided on its upper surface with a recess, a.

When metallic furniture is employed, as is usually the case, below the recess a, in the center of the furniture is formed a screwthreaded perforation, 7). Into the recess a and screw-threaded perforation b is secured my improved press-point B, which is provided with a rectangular collar, C, above which the point extends, said point being type -high. Beneath the collar the press-point has a screwthreaded stem, which is adapted to engage the screw-threads of the perforation b. The presspoint is inserted in the furniture by the employment of an ordinary key.

When wooden furniture is employed, the upper face thereof is provided with a circular recess, beneath which is a similar recess, through which passes a metallic socket having a squared head, which lies within a rectangular recess formed in the under side of the furniture. A washer is usually placed above the block, so that the press-point will hold the block securely in the furniture by reason of the collar 0 bearing upon the Washer.

W'hen the device is used in connection with a printing-press or folding-machine, but two pieces of furniture having my improved presspoint are employed for registering, and also the, same number on a folding-machine.

1 claim- In combination with a piece of press-furniture having a recess in its upper face and a vertical opening leading from the bottom of said recess, a metal socket seated in said opening and provided with a head and internal threads, a press-point having a pointed upper end, a threaded lower end to engage the threads of the socket, and an intermediate angular nut or collar adapted to rest upon the bottom of the recess when the point is level with the face of the type, in the form substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JACOB \V. MEESE.

\Vitnesses:

D. O. MAURER, J NO. M. OLEoKNER. 

